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This Amber Ale features a deep amber-red color balanced with selected flavoring and aromatic hops. The dark specialty grains give this ale just a hint of roasted flavor. Not too dark and not too light.

I have brewed this recipe 3 times now and this last time I served it to my friends and family at my b day party. It was a huge hit, many of my family do not make or drink home brew, most honestly said it was the best beer they have ever tasted. The comments took me by surprise but made me feel great._x000D__x000D_JB

This was our first attempt to brew any beer. We held our breath when we uncapped the first bottle, figuring we did something wrong in the brewing process. The aroma was wonderful. It poured out with a nice head and the flavor was great. Can't wait to brew another batch!!!

This was the first time my husband and I attempted to brew our own beer. We were a little intimidated by all the directions but we followed them closely and it paid off! _x000D__x000D_We bottled the beer in 16 oz. Grolsh flip-tops which isn't a large enough serving!!! This beer is so tasty! We will brew it again but we are excited to try different flavors too!

excellent beer imo. i bought the kit over a year ago and it sat in my garage through a winter and 1.5 summers. brewed it a little over month ago and it still came out wonderful despite the temp/humidity changes year round in the midwest. i would definately brew this one again

This was one of our earliest brews, and we loved it. We were drinking it at a 3 weeks, and it was good. I'm sure that if we'd allowed it to mature a bit more it would have been even better. We will make this one again.

When recently asked for one of my home brews that "wasn't too heavy" I gave my Dad one of these. His initial reaction from just looking at it wasn't positive. But once he started drinking it he couldn't stop. This is a nice easy drinking beer for one and all.

I got this kit as a gift last June, it was are first try at brewing after several batches of wine. Kit was pretty straight forward. Tried first brew about 3 weeks after bottling. It was outstanding._x000D__x000D_I did find letting it ferment in a bit warmer area sped up the carbonation._x000D__x000D_Still have a few left that I enjoy on the weekends. I will be making this beer again._x000D__x000D_

I don't know if I messed up or in my premixed bag of grains Midwest gave me more roasted grain than I needed but my batch ended up with a very roast and smoke flavor. Much stronger than other amber's I have had. So I hope to try this again but it was heavy on the roast flavor and I'm not sure what went wrong. Usually Midwest kits are awesome, but this one - although drinkable - wasn't the best.

I brewed this kit and my brother brewed the extract kit. I liked his a lot better. This one was more crisp and wasn't as hoppy. I used the amount of water the directions said and mashed it longer than it said, and it still didn't have the body of the extract kit. Maybe I'll use less water next time or boil it below 5 gallons. Anyways, a decent beer, but needs some tweaking. (I am fairly new to all-grain, so some of my moderate success could be due to that fact.)

New to the beer brewing world but many years a wine maker, I find this a delicious blend that keeps getting better every week. At 4 weeks I was ready to pitch it, at 5 weeks after bottling it was almost drinkable and now at 9 weeks it is the best I have ever drank, even better than the SA Octoberfest that I look forward to every year. Patience as a wine make has paid off.

BEST ANSWER:You could do this. Depending on the volume of water you use, the utilization efficiency of hops is going to be different, but a simple way to scale down is to just use 60% of the ingredients.

BEST ANSWER:You could do this. Depending on the volume of water you use, the utilization efficiency of hops is going to be different, but a simple way to scale down is to just use 60% of the ingredients.

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